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DIY Katzkins with seat warmers

Discussion in 'General Tundra Discussion' started by Patch999, Sep 19, 2018.

  1. Oct 8, 2018 at 2:30 PM
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    Ace402

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    Where did you get the Alea leather kit?
     
  2. Oct 8, 2018 at 2:41 PM
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    Ebay. touchups is the seller. just a charcoal gray pattern. took way longer than expected, but looks good and easier to keep clean hopefully. It came with leather for the armrests also.
     
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  3. Oct 9, 2018 at 11:33 AM
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    Thanks @Patch999 for the insight. It is 30 degrees here now and I have warm seats!
     
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  4. Apr 5, 2019 at 5:11 AM
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    I was considering paying the local installers 650 to do this for me but you may have just convinced me to save that money and do this on my own!
     
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  5. Jun 7, 2019 at 8:58 AM
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    panicman Everyone remain calm.

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    Got my big box o’ Katzkin yesterday! Hoping to start this weekend.

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  6. Jun 7, 2019 at 10:49 AM
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    Patch999

    Patch999 [OP] SSEM #17 You are what you do when it counts

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    Awesome. You will love them. The best mod I have done.
     
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  7. Jun 12, 2019 at 8:28 AM
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    panicman Everyone remain calm.

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    Ok- finished completely on Tuesday.

    Everything went smoothly until the driver seat. Because it’s electric, you can’t articulate it to make getting the zipper closure at the bottom of the backrest any easier. In fact, I managed to pull the zipper slider off of the teeth completely trying to muscle the zipper closed (I was admittedly impatient by 11pm Monday night.
    No sweat- I installed the driver seat unfinished and tackled it again on Tuesday- this time inclining the driver seat all the way forward before disconnecting ground, unbolting and unplugging the seat and removing to my work bench. I was able to put the zipper slider back on the teeth, and the zipper was in a better position to close.
    I am now very pleased with the result. The Katzkins feel great!

    To finish I will get a steamer and get rid of any wrinkles.

    Huge thanks to Patch999!!! I used his guidance like an instruction manual.

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  8. Jun 12, 2019 at 8:33 AM
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    Patch999 [OP] SSEM #17 You are what you do when it counts

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    Congrats. They look great.
     
  9. Oct 25, 2020 at 9:23 AM
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    Looks amazing. Those wrinkles, are those avoidable? How so? Or it is because of not being oem? i saw some on ebay with TRD stitching, did u prefer one without TRD?
     
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  10. Oct 25, 2020 at 10:45 AM
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    Some of it settles but try to avoid most of it by compressing the foam and tucking/pulling technique. Heating the pieces in the dryer as you go helps.
     
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  11. Oct 26, 2020 at 8:40 AM
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    panicman Everyone remain calm.

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    Those pictures are from immediately after install. Remember, these kits are folded/stuffed into a box for shipping, and then sit for who-knows how long. Most of those wrinkles settle out on their own, and any that still bugged me, I just used heat and steam to smooth out. I have very few wrinkles now.

    My big tip is to really focus on getting the seat and back panels that require hogrings exceptionally square before moving on with each seat. That’s where I found my newbie mistake was on the first seat I did- rear driver side, upper back panel (shamefully visible one the above pic!) Even that I was able to mitigate mostly with some heat and massage.
     
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  12. Oct 28, 2020 at 6:53 PM
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    wish this was around back when i had my 1st gen
     
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  13. Jun 14, 2022 at 5:27 PM
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    This has been super helpful!
     
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  14. Jan 30, 2023 at 5:45 PM
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    Great write up!!
     
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